Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-29
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:. 4 JCRT At LAST.
! Herty.fssr Swern Desere Twelve Geed
II asd TIRE Hen We're Selected
The trial Of Gordon 4 Ritehis . ~
sumsd 1t the Court House yesterday
mornipk The entire forenoon and alter
, noon sessions we're taken mp in the seLee'
r ton Of the jury. The 'spAts" Of the eoun.
} 81 ~ess the only 0oeurrsnees that relieved
the monotop0us proceedings. At noon
, Juror Moore forgot that he vas not = fies
, agent, and VA fined SO for expressing .
desire to 70 to dinner in iaosusss that IA
decided to be ''ineomp<tent, Irrelevant and
iinmateriaI." The court RENTED the fine
on r~e-assembliss. and the jurors remained
ldoeile the remainder Of the day.
1t vas nearly s O'Clock before twelve
men Who had no opinions On the matter in
controversy we're seIeetej, iorty-iour hav-
ing been asked the question. DO you be
Iieve variety theatres cosdueive to the
m0raIity Of the eitisens OF Butte" Once
in a vhiIs the question, do you believe
the Sunday la~ should be enforced," would
be propounded. One gentleman nsver-
ing it thusly: We'll. think The variety
theatres should 90 kind a SLOW on Sundays"
On beng asked If that Was his opinion, be
replied, Yes; andI think it il Of nearly all
the good people in the city" Ore of the
counsel for the defense replied. well. /
don't think Sc" and vas answered With
Possibly you are not asood man" The
| drole way it ~ said, - much a the lam
suase, caused . ripple Of laughter to roll
over the s~pectaten-
After securing the jury an adjournment
vas bad until 7.3O O'Clock. On rezssem-
bling Joseph Anpesr, John Moore. Samuel
Tonkin, Henry WeismaD, j. A. RouaDd, L.
F. Braeey, Amos Cannon. Adolph Werner,
james r. Irvine. ". D. Bartlett. ". C. Ath-
efden aod A. VI. Mathews took seats in the
jury bcx. The first move Of the defense
vas to summon the presiding justice a .
witness, then making q motion fox the dis
misAal Of the jury. alleging that q witness
could not preside in the eAss. The motion |
vas oveFruled and James Dryer called as =
witness BY the prosecution. He testified to
being ID ex-polieeuan, and had visited the
Comique on SuDdayduring performances.
John B. knight. the complainant, was the
next witness called. On direct examination
" 0SALcA W DSAO& ~ kuC SOLDI4US la8l
Sunday afternoon during q performance;
that while there thres acts were performed
and that they we're indecent.
On cresa-examination by Counselor
Duffy he stated that his name was John
BENJAMIN Knight; that he had lived in Mon
seventeen years, four and q half Of
that time in Helena. Had been in Jail in
Helena. In answer 20 the question. WA
you not considered a drunken bum in Hell.
ena?" the witness replied, addressing the
court. Il have lived many years in Mon
against my integrity a. man, and ! will
not allow counsel to viliify and defame me
hsrs." The court ruled out the question.
Continuing: Was never known as ,
'Gumbe' at Boseman or Livingston, but
often called yellowstone Ben at I
Billings. Am a member Of the Helena j
Young Mems Christian Association. Am
rot an itinerant preacher; but sometimes
ieliver An address before the associations.
Vas not, while . member Of the Methodist !
charged with and tried for stealing :
unds collected for charitable purposes;
out WAS tried for cOntumacy. On being
lsked II he had not been drunk and in the b
OF bad women in the rooms Of
he Republican County Committee late =
me night during the recent campaign, the I
Witness replied that thu man who said 80 d
vas . liar, and that the man who would
AK such q question was no gentleman. \
Continuing: Never a convicted Of a 4
slony or any other crime; never was in .
all on the Yellowstone; never ordered q
mt Of TEE MINER Office for trying to pur- d
Din e speech Of Delegate Toole's; never Il
'as ordered out Of the Inter Mountain
flee, but on the contrary was frequently a
nvited to call there. Ia
Being asked il he had not solicited u
money to help along this prosecution, re-
lied that he had from two PERSONS, but ii
id not get any; also that he had never n
orrowed money from DR.. Amsden and r.
to return it. Never knew that l was a
eing watched on Galena and Park streets 8
,r spending the money OF tho Christian a
in evil resorts there located; II
was in a house Of ill.repute o n either
I these streets.
On being asked why he visited the
unique last Sunday, the witness replied
mply to SEQ whether they were violating :.
,e law, 80 that he could make complaint. A
. said that the performance there given
rocked his moral sensibilities, and had re-
aimed through an hour and a half Of it.
)nfy, aside-You must have got q pretty VI
shock.] He then re-explained to the cl
~ the character OF the show, stating =,
'st one act was a performance by "
70 ''niRgers." Counsel Duffy asked, Are N
not also a performer?" and got in re- A
y: ''Yes, and ! will perform on you be. til
re get through with you" Duffy, icing O,
at ZONE distance from the witness,
'avely retorted, you rant start in
10 quick" The court cautioned IT
9TH counsel and witness to be moro BY
gnifed in tho presence OF the jury. m
Never worked in nor been III
INJECTED with a variety theater or other q
ace OF Amusement; own real estate. but I'M
It in this county; do not pay direct M
xes here; at present live at the residence tn
Rev. W. +. King The witness was here ca
cused by the prosecution. Then the reg or
ar dispute arose between opposing coun. Ok
as I" whether the program me procured TT
knight on his visit to the Comique
afternoon be admitted MS evidence. mi
10 court ruled that it could go in. 1t ha
ing nearly 10 o'clock An adjournment at
10 taken Until this morning at 10. All wit. ho
sizes were warned tn he IN ha MI nrn,uufIv M